The alloying effects on the structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline copper zinc oxide thin films fabricated by spin coating and annealing method
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The present paper reports on a systematic study of the influence of Zn alloying on the structural and optical characteristics of CuZnO thin films. Nanocrystalline CuZnO thin films were prepared on p-type Si (1 0 0) substrates by spin coating from a CuO solution mixed with Zn of 0-8.0 at.%. All the prepared samples were annealed in oxygen gas atmosphere at 673 K for 2 h. A detailed characterization of the films doped with zinc was performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The structural analyses suggest that Zn successfully occupied the Cu sites and did not change the monoclinic structure of CuO. After 4.0 at.% Zn was doped, the crystalline quality and (0 0 2) preferential orientation of the thin film improved. However, when the Zn doping concentration was above 4.0 at.%, the crystalline quality and preferential orientation of the thin film weakened in turn. The XRD and FT-IR results showed single phase CuZnO for the lower (at.% ≤ 6.0) Zn concentration, while a secondary phase of ZnO evolved for 8.0 at.%. The optical band gap, determined from the absorbance spectra, showed a blue shift with increasing Zn content. The works showed that the structural and optical properties of CuO films doped with Zn can be improved and the 4.0 at.% Zn-doped CuO thin films have the best crystallization quality and the strongest emission ability. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77955173483&doi=10.1016%2fj.jallcom.2010.04.193&partnerID=40&md5=47c73b11c822b1314146fb4da90a7d7bhttp://acikerisim.bingol.edu.tr/handle/20.500.12898/5095
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